Greater Moldova Party

Greater Moldova Party
Partidul Moldova Mare
AbbreviationPMM
PresidentVictoria Furtună
Founded5 May 2007 (2007-05-05)
HeadquartersChișinău, Moldova
IdeologyPopulism[1]
Moldovenism[1]
Moldovan irredentism[2]
Self-declared:
Social liberalism[3]
Pro-Europeanism[3]
Website
moldovamare.md

The Greater Moldova Party (Romanian: Partidul Moldova Mare, PMM), known before 2020 as the Party For the Nation and Country (Partidul Pentru Neam și Țară), and sometimes translated as the Great Moldova Party,[4] is a political party in Moldova.

History

The party was formed on 5 May 2007 in Ratuș, Criuleni District; Tudor Deliu was elected as the president of the party. It was registered on 17 July 2007. Between this day and 21 January 2009, the official name of the party was Mișcarea social-politică "Pentru Neam și Țară".[5]

The party won 0.28% of the votes at the 2010 parliamentary election, dropping to 0.11% in 2014. It obtained 18 councillors (0.17%) and two mayors (0.22%) at the 2011 local elections.[5]

Nicolae Uțică was the party's president until 28 December 2011. As of 2020, Teodor Turta was the president of the party, having been renamed from the "For the Nation and Country Party" to the "Greater Moldova Party".[6] After Turta, Veaceslav Tîron became the party's president.[3]

On 2 March 2025, party leadership was taken by Victoria Furtună, who had been a candidate in the 2024 Moldovan presidential election supported by Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor, then a fugitive from justice hiding in Russia. During her presidential campaign, Furtună had stated that the idea of Moldova's accession into the European Union (EU) seemed unattainable and was "profoundly absurd". However, after taking over the party's leadership, she declared to Ziarul de Gardă that the process of EU integration could not be stopped "and I do not see it opportune to stop it either," "when there are also benefits". At the time, the party's statutes established that it was an organization "of social-liberal orientation, with European vocation".[3]

Moldovan actor and television presenter Sergiu Voloc joined the party "a few weeks ago" as he stated for a Moldovan newspaper NewsMaker article published on 25 June.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Cenușă, Denis (15 July 2025). "Un mega-bloc de stânga la Chișinău: Soarta voturilor pentru rețeaua lui Șor". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian).
  2. ^ Akhtyrska, Anastasiya (19 May 2025). "Pro-Russian MP from Moldova Furtună says country should "return" south of Odesa region". Censor.NET.
  3. ^ a b c d "Victoria Furtună, candidata la prezidențiale (in)dependentă de rețeaua lui Șor, preia conducerea unui partid cu "vocație europeană"". Ziarul de Gardă (in Romanian). 18 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Infotag". www.infotag.md. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  5. ^ a b Partidul "Pentru Neam și Țară" (PpNȚ)
  6. ^ "A FOST REDENUMIT ȘI ARE UN NOU PREȘEDINTE, EX-PRETENDENT LA FOTOLIUL DE DEPUTAT! DETALII DESPRE PARTIDUL "MOLDOVA MARE"!". Tribuna.md (in Romanian). 24 June 2020. Archived from the original on July 24, 2021.
  7. ^ Dolghii, Ana Maria (25 June 2025). "Actorul Sergiu Voloc a aderat la partidul Victoriei Furtună. Va participa și la alegeri?". NewsMaker (in Romanian).
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